This week and last week have been quite stressful for the both of us. It is a full break from color guard, which is extremely stressful (but also relaxing because yay free time) because we need to practice in order to stay rehearsed on our parts. Also, we’ve been playing catch-up from the two days we missed from school because of our color guard trip to Las Vegas. ALSO also, this week is the last week before spring break, so all of our teachers have been piling on tests and quizzes and homework so that we don’t have to do it over the break (or forget what we’ve been learning in class).
We have also been doing a bit of research on the effects of stress on the body. There’s a really great video on YouTube by ASAP Science: Click for video
This video explains how daily stress, like tests or taxes, can trigger the same hormonal response as getting chased by a bear. The only problem is that we don’t know how to stop stressing out, so we get a higher blood pressure, pulse, and blood sugar, which can cause things like heart disease or diabetes. It goes into pretty good detail, and helps show how important your parents and friends are in keeping stress under control.
Not all stress is bad, actually. Your body is built to respond to stimuli, telling it when to stop releasing hormones and when to start again. For example, being near your family tells your brain to stop releasing the stress hormone cortisol, while stressful situations tell it to release it. It’s nice to have someone help you and support you through rough times. Also, when you’re being cornered by a bear, stress helps you have that fight-or-flight response, and makes you able to think quickly and survive in bad situations.
Our lives have kind of stayed at a pretty constant level of stress, even with new stressors and events. We know our bodies, and know what works for us, and that’s awesome. You should try to figure out what works for you so you can help yourself. But the most important thing, our goal in this project, is to help everyone with their stress and help find the role of extracurriculars in stress. So, in order to make this helpful for everyone, we’ve made a survey to see what you do for an extracurricular and how it affects your stress. We are both in the same sport, and are pretty biased towards it, so we want to know how other sports or activities affect your stress. We’d really appreciate your feedback, as it will help us in our quest for everyone’s peace of mind!
Click here for the survey! (send it to your friends too and other schools especially)
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